#800 pixels by 200 pixels islide usa professional#

Nikon will probably have to do it, in the wake of all the people dropping their old D700s in the bins at Goodwill when stepping up to the LEICA M9. Since the D700 was announced on 01 July 2008, that puts the D700X right on target for announcement any time from now through Christmas this year. Nikon D700X on-target: I just reviewed my Nikon DSLR history, and noted that Nikon waited 15 months, not 12, to introduce the D3X after the D3 (01 December 2008 from 23 August 2007). This made it a heck of a lot easier for me to write this users guide, too. I'm sure I'm not the only one who hates having to look in three different menus to find what I need. The D3000 may not work that well,compared to other Nikons, but the good news is that Nikon redid the menu system and it makes much more sense for the first time in a long time.įor instance, all the things related to shooting are in the SHOOTING MENU, and the custom function menu is no more. Kodak also makes the 50MP sensor in the new Hasselblad H4D, so there. Sure, if you want to build a $5 webcam, look elsewhere, but if you want the best sensors you can get, get a Kodak CCD. Mars? There are three cameras flying around armed with Kodak CCDs. Venus? There's another Kodak CCD orbiting and sending back images. Have you seen the recent photos of the original Apollo ships on the lunar surface made by NASA's Lunar Recognizance Orbiter (LRO), currently orbiting the moon and which just discovered water on the moon? The LRO uses a Kodak CCD for those photos. Consumer products like Nikon and Canon are designed worrying mostly about cost, with performance second.ĭo you know where else you find Kodak CCDs? They are all over military and space systems, where performance is critical, and cost is largely irrelevant.

#800 pixels by 200 pixels islide usa professional#

It's a professional product, and uses the best parts it can. Good golly, the hottest thing in photographic capture today again comes from Rochester! Saints alive! It's made in the same building where it and other Kodak CCDs are designed and manufactured. The M9's CCD is manufactured in Rochester, New York, and is very much made in USA. Lo and behold, the LEICA M9's CCD really was designed expressly for Leica. Now we all hear that the LEICA M9 has a Kodak sensor. Most of us went to Fuji Velvia or other films in 1990, but Kodak has been busy off in the commercial and other fields. Eastman has been cranking this stuff out of Rochester for one-hundred and thirty years! Since the 1970s we've all known that Adorama and B&H Photo Video in New York City are the world's biggest and best sources for everything photographic, and we also know that Rochester, New York has been the place where George Eastman lived since he was 5 years old, invented dry plates and then invented film, and where Kodak has been making those plates and film since the 1880s. Both for exposition, and especially for equipment, New York is the place. Leica: M9 M7 Ikon CLE Lens Reviews Lens Recommendationsīuy from Adorama, Amazon, Ritz, B&H, Calumet and J&R.įor the past 130 years, New York has always been pretty important in photography. Home Donate Search Gallery How-To Books Links Workshops About Contact